Horrific Horse Racing Accident 

Welcome to New York: "We have drivers down! We have horses loose! The quarter was 31 and 1." We all know thoroughbred jockeys are risking it all. These poor drivers have horses AND flying sulkies to contend with, Wow.

he would continue to drive, mainly because of the loose horses, the competitive spirit will cause them to run, and keep them occupied/out of the way of the accident/recovery scene

There's a lot of comments from people who know nothing about racing. Realize you can watch hundreds and hundreds of races and never see a spill or injury of any sort. You come across footage of a famous accident or a large-scale one like this and you can hardly contain your inane uninformed (even nasty) comments. Stick with what you know, or acquaint yourself with the topic before you speak.

i have to say the announcer handled the situation really well. gave info concerning the downed drivers and loose horses quickly, efficiently, and calmly. not many people would be able to do that.

I bet the one driver left with the loose horses in front of him was probably like *"Dafuq?!'*

This is the most exciting thing the announcer has ever witnessed being a commentator for horse racing

It's the first time I see the narrator is more interested in the accident than in the race and no mentionning 'hold all tickets".

That one horse was like..I'm free!

God love the horse that never broke his pace. :D

Really does the other guy notice that there are no racers to challenge him after they just got mangled?

The driver of the one single remaining horse tried pulling back but once a stampede is in effect and one driver remains a red light won't make a difference I think.

I didn't even notice all but one driver was on a horse!!! I've never, ever, ever seen a buggy behind a horse, with no driver! Let alone 3!

Got to agree. Safest place would have been to go to the paddock ASAP. Ironically, the driver of the sole finisher is the son of the driver whose horse went down.

thanks for putting up the video but it was over-edited.

yeah thanks for the upload; went to rewatch it and it is already unavailable. Father was there but he was playing slots at the time.

Smart move keeping those loose horses ahead of himself

Your saying it is not a sport and its dangerous for the horses but they enjoy it most of the time a trainer cant get the horse to retire because it loves racing.

Who the hell would want to sit in that position, right behind a horse's buttocks?

he could have stopped, but its a tough situation, if you stop and the race was not ruled a no contest, you just cost the owner of that horse thousands.

Fortunately none of the horses were seriously injured. However, lots of broken bones amongst the drivers. I'm not sure why the one driver contd at racing speed, dangerous, as race was called. And where were the outriders?

This should have been declared a no race.

"The quarter was 31 and 1"

he didn't cause it i don't think..and the horse would of been spooked..may a swell let it run than spook it more. by people slowing it down.

In the description, you spelled 2013 wrong

alot of the time the horses are still "green" or too young..this high speed gate is not too great ona horses bones. It causes soreness and even bone fractures. sometimes the people racing the horses, will push a horse too far. I dont see a huge problem with horse racing.. but people need to understand the horse.. and respect it. I think racing would be alot more fun and competitive to see, if the horses were not pushed so hard..yes they love to run.. some are just not ready. :)

A no contest should be automatic in Harness racing any time one horse falls down. I have seen many of them and there is no need to continue with a race after an accident.

It´s so sad that some of the horses without "drivers" keep running as if they were still racing. Poor things.

Of course I understand continuing to drive but at racing speed?

what did happen wih the horse in the first place?

I don't think horses are get killed every day but I can now see your point. I like horse races too but I think it's as dangerous as showjumping or dressage. Like the one guy up there wrote no one died. We can get broken bones, horses may get some injuries but they are usually very tiny problems. People know nothing about horse sports and they come here to say these things just because they believe everything what they see. They don't think it like us who have been working with horses whole life

Can a driverless horse win?

I assume this was a no race??

Why no shit? Horses alone can be lethal let alone horses with carriages.

1 driver stayed... It looked like the guy who stayed out of the crash was the guy who started it

Why is anything a sport? I know so many sports which are more dangerous than any horse sport but because of this kind of accidents people goes crazy. I'm a dressage rider, showjumping rider and still, I was almost get kill on swimming race. And I wasn't a bad swimmer at all. If you think this is dangerous you should think about sport like motorbike driving or free diving. Or just jogging which is by the way as dangerous as horse riding if you have everything what you need when you ride.

who won?

did he win?

Horse's legs COLLAPSE at 0:34

Why he still racing? ? Hes nows gonna be a void race😣😣

Looks like horse has eight legs,, maybe bad camera

Who needs the drivers? The horses do better on their own.

Awesome

0:38 we are in accident

oh my Lord, that was a horrible accident !! I usually prefer turf racing but stumbled upon this....soo sad

Who won?

Howard Oil "Get the ambulances out there.....LOL

xD The horse without a driver is faster :D

Horse racing is considered a sport but when the horses need a truck to even start the race, it's really pushing it

because that's what they are called

Not a sport? take all of the athletes from all of the other sports and less then a handful would be remotely successful.

Not so horrific... just an accident. ... aaayayayyy.... nothing else.

Wtf is this

Is he announcing through a potato?

once again??????????????????

1:20 - so this wasn't the first time! Why is this still a sport?

*Such...not suck....unless...NVM

The commentator sounds like the guy from the honey badger video

Howard Oil gives the opening quarter time,,,,,and then says theres only 1 horse in the race,,,,,LOL

Gosh the loud speaker man is very annoying.. no offense.

Some people will bet on anything. This is proof.

THE MONGELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ftw bitches XD

win place show

Cirkus

The things we put animals through.

Agreed \/

Boku yedi jokey

Lol

hahahhahahahahahahahaa good.

This is not a sport !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I guess short men have a dream of becoming jockey's lol.

That driver that kept going takes the cake for moron of the century.Talk about greed personified.

Haha

i love this

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the dude thats comentating this says: we have drivers down! i dnt belive its possible to drive a horse..

Good. Better the jockey than the horse.

Why the fuck is the driver not pulling up his horse? Seriously what purpose does it serve to continue riding around the track when there are loose horses and drivers injured? I really hope the driver was reprimanded and fined for their stupidity.

This is such a stupid sport.....

he called them "drivers". BwahahahHahHahHah

This only happend in US..

Everyone involved with the barbaric spectacle known as horse racing is a MONSTER who deserves to be tortured worse than the animals are already being abused !

That one stupid as driver kept going. Smfh 🤦🏿‍♂️

I don't know how people can watch horses het hurt and killed like this and still support racing. Sociopaths I guess.

I know that horses can be lethal, they have been used in many battles not without reason ;)

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